Opportunities Fund Program
Provided by: BC Centre for Ability
Service Description
Provides financial assistance to individuals with disabilities or chronic health conditions to secure employment or establish self-employment. Provides funding for training, wage subsidies, and adaptive equipment. Participants must have a self-disclosed disability as a barrier to employment, be unemployed or underemployed, be eligible to work in Canada, and be ineligible for Employment Insurance programs and services. Applicants should be working with an employment case manager or may consider a referral from self; contact a Community Coordinator. Serves Fraser Valley, the Lower Mainland, Sea to Sky Corridor, and the Sunshine Coast. Services are offered via a mix of in person, videoconferencing, phone, and email.
Service Location
- Physical address:2805 Kingsway, Vancouver, V5R 5H9 BCMailing address:Same as physical address
- Community Coordinator - Vancouver to New Westminster
604-630-3033 - Community Coordinator - Richmond to Langley
778-233-0942 - Community Coordinator - Tri-Cities to Fraser Valley
604-451-5111 Local 1255